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| HRI is 50 today: 'Invest in Huddersfield hospital and we'll celebrate 100th birthday' |
HRI is 50 today: 'Invest in Huddersfield hospital and we'll celebrate 100th birthday'
Campaigners urge local NHS bosses to invest in hospital earmarked for demolition
Campaigners hoping to save Huddersfield’s A&E have urged local NHS bosses to invest in the hospital – rather than knock it down.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary is earmarked for demolition under the Right Care Right Time Right Place plan
The hospital would be replaced by a new, smaller hospital which would have an urgent care unit – but no emergency care centre.
Under the controversial plan emergency care would be centralised at Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax.
ut campaign group #HandsOffHRI has urged local NHS bosses behind the plan to invest in the existing facility which admitted its first patients 50 years ago today.
Campaigner founder Karl Deitch said: “The HRI has supported the local community for the last 50 years. It has helped keep many alive and has brought many into the world.
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